caboose

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ca·boose /kəˈbuːs/ noun [countable]  American EnglishTTT a small railway carriage at the back of a train, usually where the person in charge of it travels 守车〔在列车末尾供列车长使用的车厢〕 SYN British English guard’s van

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caboose• And not a liberalism that merely acquiesces as it looks to personal advancement, the Clinton caboose.• Trailing that problem like a rattling caboose was the need to tell Spider he was quitting.• The runner was nothing more than the caboose.Origin caboose (1700-1800) Dutch cabuis, from Middle Low German kabuse

ca·boose nounChineseSyllable  

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caboose
ca‧boose /kəˈbuːs/ noun [countable]American English a small railway carriage at the back of a train, usually where the person in charge of it travels
   SYN  guard’s van British English

ca·booseBrE /kəˈbuːs/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈbuːs/ 🔊 noun (NAmE) the part at the back of a train where the person who is in charge of the train rides 守车（列车末尾供列车职工使用的车厢）